F250 Payload Capacity
I am looking at buying a used F250 but the door sticker seems to have a lot lower payload than I thought it would have. The truck fits the price range my wife and I are in. We are looking at a 1995 Ha...
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specta wrote:bigfootford wrote:
Not sure what Specta is running for tires and rims.
Jim
Good tires. :B
I took a different route than most when I picked my camper and tires. I didn't seek opinions on the internet.
I bought exact truck I wanted with the sole purpose of carrying a truck camper.
I talked with a close friend who was a Lance distributor for over 40 years before I bought my current camper. I did my walk thru with him on the phone.
Over the years he spent a lot of time with both Ford and Lance engineers discussing and planning trucks and campers.
He is very familiar with my truck and its capabilities.
I have another close friend that has been in the tire business for close to 40 years. I called looking for a set of 18" take-off and new tires.
I ended up keeping my 17" factory wheels and he told me that the tires I chose would serve me well.
I replaced the OE shocks and added air bags after I bought this camper.
I'm quite pleased with how it handles and I have zero worries about it being slightly over weight.
The manufactures "safety margins" exceed my weights.
The 17" tires/rims are great. Think the weight capacity of each is 3700lbs. So you have 7400lb capacity on the rear. If you were to weigh the rear axle weight fully loaded you would be just under that weight which is great. I too got the airlift bags with a onboard compressor which is very nice! Stock Ford f250 tires were 3014lbs each. I actually ran them for about 50,000 miles with my camper on fully loaded. That was pushing the capacity of the tires on the rear. Think it was about 200lbs each.. No cheap tires.
